In Texas: Shark bite sends boy to hospital

FREEPORT - A shark attack has left an 11-year-old Freeport boy hospitalized in guarded condition early Monday.

The unidentified boy was bitten on the arm and leg by a shark Sunday night at Bryan Beach on the Gulf of Mexico, firefighters said.

The victim was taken about 8 p.m. to a Freeport fire station where emergency officials determined that his injuries probably would require surgery in Houston, Deputy Fire Chief Chris Motley told the Houston Chronicle in Monday's online edition.

The boy was flown by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital.

New daily published

SAN ANTONIO - Rumbo de San Antonio, the city's first Spanish-language daily newspaper, hit the streets Monday.

Published by the San Antonio-based Meximerica Media, Rumbo will sell for 25 cents on news racks and in supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants.

Home and business delivery is planned for selected areas of the city.

The paper planned to print 35,000 copies for its first run.

Rumbo is aimed primarily at Hispanics, ages 21 to 54, who come from first-generation and early second-generation Mexican families, said Robert R. Rios, the company's managing director. It will include local, national, international, sports and entertainment news.

Rumbo has a staff of about 105 and plans to expand its operation by launching papers in Houston, Austin and the Rio Grande Valley by September.

Mom arrested in death

ARLINGTON - A woman was arrested Monday in the death of her 9-year-old son, who was emaciated and covered with bruises, police said.

Marcella Lorrian Williams, 23, was jailed in Arlington facing a charge of injury to a child, a first-degree felony with a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $10,000 fine.

She called police Monday morning saying her son, Davontae Williams, was not breathing, said Arlington police spokeswoman Christy Gilfour.

Medical personnel then arrived at the Arlington apartment, found the boy dead and called police.

The boy appeared to be small for his age and had bruises that were in varying stages of healing, police said. A cause of death has not been determined.

Williams' two daughters were placed in the care of Child Protective Services.